A battle is shaping up on whether the state should allow local school boards to charge teachers unions and others to collect membership dues.

"The big impact of the decision in Louisiana will come during the next election cycle, as it will reduce the influence that national unions have had on our local elections," Landry said in an email.

Keith Courville, executive director of the Associated Professional Educators of Louisiana, which is not a union, said the ruling will have a devastating impact on the LAE, which he said has already experienced a drop in membership dues in the past five years.

"How much longer can the NEA provide support to an organization with a long term decline in membership and membership dues," Courville said, also in an email.

LAE members pay around $300 per year in dues, with the revenue divided among the national, state and local organizations.

Both Meaux and Shane Riddle, legislative and political director for the LAE, said they doubt the court ruling will lead to a hike in dues to offset revenue drops nationally.

Teacher unions are generally aligned with Democrats, both nationally and in Louisiana.

The LAE and the LFT are major supporters of Gov. John Bel Edwards, the state's lone Democratic statewide official.

Riddle said his group does not get financial help from the NEA on state races but can on contests for the U. S. Congress.

Keith Leger, director of education policy and government affairs for the Council for a Better Louisiana, said the court decision will not have any direct impact in Louisiana.

"However, it is likely that the ruling will result in the teacher unions not being able to fund political campaigns in Louisiana as much as they have in the past," Leger said in a text message response to questions.